The SC En Banc dismissed the petition filed by three party-list groups that assailed the Comelec’ declaration of winning party-list groups in the last elections, its Public Information Office said in a statement. “As a consequence, the proclamation by the Comelec of the winning party-list groups during the 13 May 2019 elections in accordance with the formula espoused in the Banat Case was upheld,” it said. The three party-list groups ranked just below the 51 winning party-lists groups. They are Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier, who was joined by Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Associate Justices Marvic Leonen, Jose Reyes, Jr., Rosmari Carandang, Henri Jean Paul Inting and Mario Lopez. Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo filed a dissenting opinion and was joined by Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta and Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando.

Source: Philippine Star September 29, 2020 09:33 UTC